Two kids beaten to death for defecating in street – as they didn’t have toilet

Two men were arrested for beating two children defecating in the open in Madhya Pradesh

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Two children were beaten to death with sticks for defecating on the road in their village – as they didn’t have a toilet at home.

The children, a boy, 10, and girl, 12, were on their way to their grandad's housewhen they were approached by two brothers who “shouted” and hit them over the head with sticks in central India, Madhya Pradesh, on Wednesday.

Police inspector general Raja Babu Singh said:“It was early morning and they had stopped to attend to nature’s call.

“The kids were taken to the hospital but they succumbed to their injuries.”

Police arrested two men named by the dad of one of the victims during a preliminary investigation, according to foreign media.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to declare India free of open-air defecation on 2 October